Echo vs Match'Em

Echo is an AAC app designed for those with a visual difficulty and physical difficulty to access communication. Echo is based around the concept of auditory scanning. Auditory scanning is a communication method using sound cues or auditory feedback rather than visual cues. This method is especially valuable for those with a visual impairment who cant access visual based AAC. Echo provides you with two different voices, one for your auditory cues and the another to represent your voice. You can access Echo using the following methods. - Any external switch (or combination of switches) - Swipe Gestures - Arrow Keys We have plans to extend this in the future to allow for more access methods.

Match 'em is a vibrant picture-matching game designed for visual assessment and training of children and young people with low vision. With bold, high-contrast images on varied backgrounds, it helps practitioners and parents evaluate and develop visual recognition, discrimination and attention skills in an engaging, motivating way. Choose from eight topic areas — including colours, shapes, silhouettes and everyday pictures — each with multiple activities set against different backgrounds to vary visual complexity. A target picture is shown at the top of the screen; the learner finds the matching one from the pictures below. Fully accessible with built-in switch scanning support: - Touch/Mouse mode for direct selection - 1 Switch auto-scan with adjustable speed - 2 Switch step-and-select for users who need more control Fun reward animations and sounds celebrate every correct match, keeping learners motivated. Wrong answers are gently flagged so they can try again. Designed in landscape orientation for easy use on a table or stand, Match 'em works on iPhone, iPad and Mac.